cúlú

See also: culu, culú, cūlǔ, and čulu

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cúlú m (genitive singular cúlaithe, nominative plural cúluithe)

  1. verbal noun of cúlaigh
  2. reversal
  3. (economics) recession
  4. (statistics) regression

Declension

Declension of cúlú (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cúlú cúluithe
vocative a chúlú a chúluithe
genitive cúlaithe cúluithe
dative cúlú cúluithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cúlú na cúluithe
genitive an chúlaithe na gcúluithe
dative leis an gcúlú
don chúlú
leis na cúluithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlú
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlú chúlú gcúlú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • cúlú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • cúlú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025